"Mom where is grandpa?" I asked
"At the garden drinking some tea with couple of his old friends. He told us not to disturb him since it was an important meeting"
"I see. What about Arthur?" I asked again
"In the living room probably playing with his sister."
"I want to see him." I said and she nodded
As we arrived, I felt someone staring daggers at me and when I tried to find him it turned out to be my father who was sitting at the couch while holding a newspaper. and at the floor I could see my little brother Arthur playing with my younger sister Rose and surprisingly my older brother Jason was there too. When they turned around to look at me my sister just ignored me and kept playing with Arthur, but I could feel that she was angry. But my older brother just approached me without making any expression. and that what made me let my guard up no matter what since he was one of the few people that I wasn't able to read no matter how much I tried.
"Why did you come back?" he asked without making any expression's
"I got over it."
"That's good to hear then." he said while smiling.
"Does that mean you forgive me?" I asked and before I knew it I received a strong punch in my face which made me loss my balance and fall.
"Now I forgive you." he said while trying to support me.
"That's good to hear." I replied.
"Jason." me and Jason started to shiver since we forgot that our mom was still there. She never liked seeing us fight inside the house and every time she caught us fighting, she will be mad and punish us which was something me and Jason didn't like. It wasn't only us my younger sister Rose, and my father shivered in fear too.
"H-Honey how about you prepare dinner I'll take care of those two." Said my dad in a panic.
She kept glaring at Jack for a few seconds and after that she left to the kitchen all of us in the living room gave a sigh of relief once she left. My father then started to glare at us both.
"You both almost killed us all!!!" My dad whispered to us
"Sit on the coach all of you."
We all sat down on the coaches me, and Jack sat on the same coach while rose and Arthur sat on the same coach my dad was sitting at.
"Why did you come back Aiden?" my dad asked.
"I came here seeking forgivness." I answered.
"........" he stayed quiet for a minute and spoke
"I can't forgive you." my dad answered back.
"..." I stayed quiet waiting for him to continue
"Aiden you think a simple apology will fix everything you did?"
"Let me answer that question for you Aiden. No, Aiden an apology won't cut it." he said while glaring at me.
"How can I fix it then?" I asked
"I haven't thought about it yet. But for starters stay the night since your mother is happy with you being here."
"Ok." I answered.
"Ross call your grandfather and tell him dinner is almost ready."
"Yes mother."
She then wanted to hand Arthur to my father, but he refused and said. "Hand him to Aiden."
and from her face I can tell she didn't want to do that.
"Do I have to repeat myself? hand the child to Aiden."
After he said that she just went to me. "Make him cry and I'll kill you." she said after she handed him to me and glared at me before leaving.
"How old is he?" I asked
"Five months." this time my brother Jason answered
"He's heavy."
"By the looks of it you're out shape. That's why he's heavy for you. When was the last time you worked out?" asked my father.
"After being out of shape for three months. I started working out today since I joined the archery club again."
"You did." almost both my brother and father said at the same time.
"Say you didn't join back because of..."
"No. I already got over her It's time for me to move on." I spoke while feeling annoyed.
"Hmmm." said my father and I could feel a trace of happiness from his voice.
"Are you guys going to head to the table or what?" my mom asked.
"We're on our way." my dad answered for all of us. we got up from the couch and I tried carrying Arthur and getting up at the same time. Which was painful since I didn't rest from my training.
"Need a hand with this one." asked me Jason
"No, I can manage." I answered back. and went to the table while carrying my little brother who was playing with the toy on his hand without a care of the world. looking at him he mostly inherited my mom's looks from black hair to blue eyes. I started to imagine what he would've looked like if he grew up but held myself from doing so. There is no point to think of the problems of the past what matters now is what I have left here.
I started to poke his cheeks and when he felt me poking him, he tried to bite my fingers with all he got But I was fast enough to react. From what I could see it looks like he inherited my father's temper.
"He doesn't like strangers playing with him." my father said.
"That won't last for long." I said but my father didn't give any comment to my statement.
My mother prepared the table and was setting there waiting for the whole family to gather we all sat down and didn't touch the food yet as we were waiting for both my sister and grandfather
It didn't take a minute for me to feel a chill run through my spin as if a predator just entered our home I almost got up from my place and tried to find a weapon, but I stopped myself as I'm not in that place yet. I waited for a few seconds and then I was able to see my sister coming into my view and next to her was the one with the terrifying aura
My grandfather.
end of chapter 3